Production Engineer: Process Improvement & NPI

Custom Power; South Somerset; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Custom Power in Crewkerne, Somerset seeks a practical Production Engineer to improve processes, troubleshoot on the shop floor and support new product introductions. You’ll develop tooling, validate processes and collaborate with Quality, Maintenance and Design Engineering to deliver improvements.

You’ll work hands-on in a specialist battery manufacturing environment, contributing to reliability and process capability while driving yield improvements and defect reduction.

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on production engineering experience.
• Experience producing and improving manufacturing processes.
• Ability to troubleshoot production issues and defects.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve manufacturing processes for quality and efficiency.
• Provide hands-on engineering support for issues and defects.
• Create PFMEA, control plans and work instructions.
• Lead root-cause investigations (5 Why, fishbone, 8D).
• Support IQ/OQ/PQ validation and new product transfer.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Problem solving

Ownership/Owner attitude

Education

Engineering apprenticeship/HNC/HND or degree

Tools

PFMEA

Control plans

SPC

Root-cause analysis (8D)

IQ/OQ/PQ validation

NPI involvement

Job description

Custom Power in Crewkerne, Somerset seeks a practical Production Engineer to improve processes, troubleshoot on the shop floor and support new product introductions. You’ll develop tooling, validate processes and collaborate with Quality, Maintenance and Design Engineering to deliver improvements.

You’ll work hands-on in a specialist battery manufacturing environment, contributing to reliability and process capability while driving yield improvements and defect reduction.